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BUCHAREST, Romania – INTERPOL’s 43rd European Regional Conference has closed with senior law enforcement officials endorsing a set of measures to intensify regional cooperation and develop responses to transnational crime.Highlighting the important role of Europe in promoting global security, law enforcement issues including terrorism, foreign fighters, c...

BUCHAREST, Romania – Senior law enforcement officials from throughout Europe have gathered in Bucharest for the 43rd INTERPOL European Regional Conference to enhance regional responses to the most pressing threats to global security.With transnational organized crime networks increasingly taking advantage of porous physical borders and the lack of virtual...

LYON, France – At the request of French authorities, INTERPOL is deploying an Incident Response Team (IRT) to support the investigation into the Germanwings plane crash in the French Alps which killed 150 people.Based at the&nbsp;French investigation crisis cell in Paris&nbsp;the team, initially comprising four experts, will provide Disaster Victim Identi...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Joint Operational Team (JOT) targeting organized crime groups behind illegal migration via the Mediterranean sea was launched today at the Europol headquarters in The Hague.In addition to actively facilitating the transport of irregular migrants, these crime networks have also been linked to human trafficking, drugs, firearms an...

Thousands of tonnes of fake and sub-standard food and drink have been seized in 47 countries around the world as part of an INTERPOL-Europol coordinated operation.Operation Opson IV, conducted during December 2014 and January 2015, resulted in the seizure of more than 2,500 tonnes of counterfeit and illicit food, including mozzarella, strawberries, eggs,...

TALLINN, Estonia – Heads of anti-corruption agencies, senior investigators and prosecutors came together in Estonia for the 10th INTERPOL Global Programme on Anti-Corruption, Financial Crimes, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery to examine the challenges to successful investigations and prosecutions of corruption-related cases, and to discuss possible sol...

LYON, France – Seven members of an organized criminal group suspected of smuggling uranium have been arrested in Moldova.Following an investigation into the activities of the criminal group, Moldova Police and the General Prosecutor’s Office carried out searches in the capital Chisinau and two other towns, where they seized 200 g of uranium-238, 1 kg of m...

LYON, France – Law enforcement from more than 30 countries joined forces to tackle organized criminal networks operating across Europe in an operation led by Europol and supported by INTERPOL.Operation Archimedes (15-23 September) saw police and customs officers from 34 countries, with the support of INTERPOL, Eurojust and Frontex, hold a series of coordi...